<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2021/class-of-2024.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate/><title>Class of 2024 Looks Forward to a Promising Second Year at the University</title><description>Recognizing the far-reaching impact the pandemic had on the sophomore class’s first year as Chargers, the University planned a special welcome back to campus to ensure they are charged up to connect with their classmates and that they are able to experience everything the University has to offer throughout the upcoming academic year.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date/><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2021/2024-movie.jpeg" alt="Movie night at the University of New Haven"/></image><image-caption>The University offered a variety of activities on campus for students.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2021</tag></tags></item>